“How are we going to build that with no budget? How can I get that onstage without making an enemy of the lighting designer and the TD? Did I get that egg salad sandwich out of the shop fridge before I left for the summer?”
Wednesday, September 02, 2015
Blow Up Something in Salt Lake
“How are we going to build that with no budget? How can I get that onstage without making an enemy of the lighting designer and the TD? Did I get that egg salad sandwich out of the shop fridge before I left for the summer?”
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Maybe I’m the cynic in the room, but do we really need another stylistic theater device that would very rarely work for any show unless inflated trash bags was actually the concept of the show. The technique clearly has its uses, for anything that needs to be deployed and stuck from a small space and needs to be space filling this is an awesome technology that could be used with great effect. But I think it is misleading to represent it as the next evolution of puppetry or scenery. What I think would be really cool is if the inflatable bags were strong enough and could contain enough pressure to be used as low profile and small space force appliers. What if you had pneumatics that could turn corners and apply force in different directions depending on how filled it is?
Seems as though USITT is already bringing about different exhibitions and how tos’ for next year. This would definitely classify as something that is not only intriguing but resourceful for those who aren’t able to afford big budget costumes or the time required to build costumes that you need. Minus an inflatable Halloween costume I saw a few years back, that’s been about the only thing that I have seen inflated used on the stage. Unless of course I’m just oblivious. It’s never bad to try to seek advice for innovative ways to create costumes and props that allow you to be able to do more with the limited budget you have been given. The limited work I have done in the world of costumes has shown me a few tricks that can be done to make things a little more efficient before being done on stage. Here’s to USITT and what they have to bring to the stage.
I agree with Chris that this aesthetic may be a little too particular and specific to become a commonly used alternative to expensive sets or props. That being said, it's a very inventive idea and I wonder if these materials used in conjunction with other techniques and methods could become a solution for experimental or ensemble-based theaters that do not have the funding or need for extensive scenery and high-tech production designs. Maybe these shapes can be used as the basis for a giant puppet and be covered in other materials that transform the structure to fit the production at hand. It's unclear exactly how they work, and whether they even are a practical material to rely on onstage.
No matter what, it's a very cool and fun way to look at space onstage! The creator is a scenographer, and I think that in those terms it makes so much sense to create an entire world with rules and appearances that do not look like anything that is traditionally used onstage.
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